William M. Shay

CILCORP, Inc. distributes electricity and natural gas. The company also provides rate-regulated electric generation, transmission and distribution, natural gas distribution, and non-rate-regulated electric generation businesses in Missouri and Illinois. The company was founded in 1985 and is located in Peoria, IL.

Darkstrand, Inc. leverages enterprise-level network bandwidth to close the collaboration gap between corporations and research communities. Darkstrand is a pivotal corporate partner for solving real workflow, development and collaborative challenges, linking teams, facilities and suppliers into one ecosystem in a high-speed, networked grid environment via the National LambdaRail (NLR), a coast to coast 12,000-route mile optical network spread across 32 U.S. cities. Darkstrand shortens time to insight and expands productivity for companies wanting a competitive edge. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Darkstrand was established in 2005.